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The members of the 7th convocation of the National Assembly of Armenia were elected on 9 December 2018 and sworn in on 14 January 2019.
Date [5] | Replacement | Faction | Replacing |
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30 January 2019 | Vardan Atabekyan [4] | My Step Alliance | Vahagn Grigorian [6] |
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